Bengal could not beat Odisha at home. Manoj Tiwary lost by 7 wickets in the Ranji Trophy match at Eden. Odisha picked up the required 112 runs to win by losing 3 wickets on Friday. Bengal’s second innings ended with 276 runs. Bengal tasted the first loss of the season at home.

Manoj had to pay for his batting failure in the first innings. In the last group match of the Ranji Trophy, they lost to the relatively weak Odisha. Bengal’s second innings ended with 276 runs on Friday morning. After that, Odisha needed 112 runs to win. They picked up that run easily. Despite losing this match, Bengal’s play in the not-out phase does not stop. Before this match, Manojra had made it to the quarter-finals of Ranji.

At the end of the third day, Bengal’s second innings was 220 for 3. Abhimanyu Iswaran and captain Manoj were on the wicket. Abhimanyu’s bat was indicative of a century on Thursday itself. He did not disappoint the team. Innings of 101 runs came from his bat. He decorated his innings with 14 fours. Even after completing the hundred, he could not take the team to a better place. Manoj also fought with the bat. With the help of seven fours, the innings of 52 runs came from the bat of the Bengal captain. Abhimanyu-Manoj scored 112 runs in the fourth wicket partnership.

But after that, the Bengal batsmen could not make the required pair. Wicketkeeper Abhishek Pordel dropped to number six and scored 38 runs off 30 balls in an aggressive mood, but none of the rest of the Bengal batsmen could stand the wicket. Akash Ghatak (5), Pritam Chakraborty (1), and Geet Puri (nil) could not stand on the wicket. In the end, Ishan Podel remained unbeaten (zero). Anushtup Majumder could not bat in the second innings due to injuOdisha’s most successful bowler Sunil Kumar Raul took 6 wickets with 96 runs. Vasant Mohanty with 2 wickets for 33 runs. 1 wicket for 47 runs by Suryakant Pradhan.

After Bengal’s second innings ended with 276 runs in 9 overs, Odisha’s target of victory stood at 112 runs. Because Bengal’s first innings ended with only 100 runs. They snatched the victory by losing 3 wickets in 22.2 overs. Opener Anurag Sarangi scored 37 runs. However, the other opener Shantanu Mishra (4) failed. Skipper Subhranshu Senapati (22) who came down to number three could not bring victory to the team. In the end, Sandeep Patnaik (28) and Rakesh Patnaik (20) stay at the wicket. Akash of Bengal took 2 wickets with 29 runs. Ishan’s one wicket with 22 runs.